Thanks for this. My father fought in the Pacific theatre, but was spared the awfulness that Marines faced on Saipan and Okinawa. It is also an terrible reminder of how authoritarian nationalist propaganda can lead people to such sad ends. So much projection in such propaganda. The US was accused of doing what the Japanese themselves had done in China, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore etc.. No surprise either that the propaganda pushed Japanese racial superiority.
Thanks for this. My father fought in the Pacific theatre, but was spared the awfulness that Marines faced on Saipan and Okinawa. It is also an terrible reminder of how authoritarian nationalist propaganda can lead people to such sad ends. So much projection in such propaganda. The US was accused of doing what the Japanese themselves had done in China, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore etc.. No surprise either that the propaganda pushed Japanese racial superiority.
Heartbreaking. War is hell.